<p>Open-source clone scripts have become increasingly popular in recent years. These scripts are essentially copies of existing websites or apps that have been created with open-source code, allowing developers to create their own versions of these platforms without having to start from scratch. The idea behind open-source clone scripts is to provide a framework for developers to work with, while giving them the ability to customize and modify the code as needed.</p><p>One of the biggest advantages of using an open-source clone script is the amount of time and money it can save developers. Instead of spending weeks or even months building a website or app from scratch, they can use an existing clone script as a starting point and then make any necessary modifications. This can be especially useful for smaller projects where time and resources are limited.</p><p>Another benefit of using open-source clone scripts is that they often come with built-in features and functionality that would otherwise need to be developed independently.</p><h2 class="wp-block-heading">Open-Source Clone Scripts</h2><p>This article features the free open-source clone scripts of some very popular websites. It means you can download the scripts and make yourself a website like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and many more .. why wait .. let’s start the <a href="http://blog.visibledev.net/tag/open-source/">open-source</a> world of some excellent scripts. </p><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><img src="http://blog.visibledev.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/PeoplePods.net_-450x174.png" alt="PeoplePods Open-Source Clone Scripts" class="wp-image-7516"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Image credit: PeoplePods </figcaption></figure></div><p><strong><a href="http://peoplepods.net/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">PeoplePods</a></strong> – This free social software platform aims at building applications where people meet, talk, share, read, work and explore. It includes twitter like features. Registered members can create their own profile, follow others and join public or private groups.</p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots"/><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><img src="http://blog.visibledev.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/StatusNet-450x204.png" alt="StatusNet " class="wp-image-7517"/></figure></div><p><strong><a href="http://status.net/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">StatusNet</a></strong> – This is a PHP and MySQL based open source microblogging platform that allows its members to ask questions, share information and read real-time posts. It supports groups, activity stream, topics, search, etc. It provides multiple plugins and extensions for customization of your website.</p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots"/><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><img src="http://blog.visibledev.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Free-Twitter-Script-Free-Twitter-Clone.png" alt="Twitter Script" class="wp-image-7518"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Image credit: Twitter Script</figcaption></figure></div><p><strong><a href="http://www.twitter-script.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Twitter Script</a></strong> – This is a free PHP application that lets you run your own microblogging website. It gives you multi-language support. You can easily customize your website.</p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots"/><h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Digg, Mixx and Reddit Clone Scripts</strong></h3><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><img src="http://blog.visibledev.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Pligg-CMS-Open-Source-Content-Management-System-450x181.png" alt="Pligg " class="wp-image-7519"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Image credit: Pligg</figcaption></figure></div><p><strong><a href="http://pligg.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Pligg</a></strong> – This is the first Digg clone maintained by a group of developers and enthusiasts. It allows its users to submit and vote articles. It also provides support for RSS subscriptions, groups, private messaging, etc.</p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots"/><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><img src="http://blog.visibledev.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Kubelabs-PHPDug-450x185.png" alt="PHPDug" class="wp-image-7520"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Image credit: kubelabs</figcaption></figure></div><p><strong><a href="http://www.kubelabs.com/phpdug/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">PHPDug</a></strong> – It’s easy to set and manage a Digg clone. It automatically adds stories from RSS feed and generates thumbnails for YouTube and Goggle videos. It provides great multilingual support.</p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots"/><h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>YouTube Clone Scripts</strong></h3><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><img src="http://blog.visibledev.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/PHPmotion-Free-Video-Script.png" alt="PHPMotion " class="wp-image-7521"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Image credit: PHPMotion </figcaption></figure></div><p><strong><a href="http://phpmotion.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">PHPMotion</a></strong> &#8211; This is a free video-sharing application just like YouTube. Members can upload images, audio, videos, and add description/tags. PHPmotion automatically converts your movies into any supported video format. It can handle FLV, .avi, .mpg, .divx, etc.</p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots"/><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><img src="http://blog.visibledev.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ClipBucket-–-Free-Video-Sharing-Website-Script-Youtube.png" alt="Clip Bucket" class="wp-image-7522"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Image credit; Clip Bucket</figcaption></figure></div><p><strong><a href="http://clip-bucket.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Clip Bucket</a></strong> &#8211; This is an open-source script you can use to make your own video-sharing website. It’s a versatile, reliable and scalable script with the latest social networking features.</p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots"/><h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Facebook Clone Scripts</strong></h3><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><img src="http://blog.visibledev.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/BuddyPress.org_-450x154.png" alt="BuddyPress" class="wp-image-7523"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Image credit: BuddyPress</figcaption></figure></div><p><strong><a href="http://buddypress.org/">B</a><a href="http://buddypress.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">uddyPress</a></strong> &#8211; Its a collection of multiple WordPress plugins and themes that make a social networking platform. Each registered user gets its own personal blog and an extended profile page with a list of friends and groups. Members can even send private messages to each other.</p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots"/><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><img src="http://blog.visibledev.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Elgg-Open-Source-Social-Networking-Engine.-450x160.png" alt="Elgg" class="wp-image-7524"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Image credit: Elgg</figcaption></figure></div><p><strong><a href="http://www.elgg.org/index.php" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Elgg</a></strong> &#8211; Its an open-source social networking platform on which to build all kinds of social environments.</p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots"/><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><img src="http://blog.visibledev.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Oxwall-®-Free-Community-Software-Social-Network-Script-450x129.png" alt="Oxwall " class="wp-image-7525"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Image credit: Oxwall</figcaption></figure></div><p><a href="http://www.oxwall.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong>Oxwall</strong> </a>&#8211; It’s a flexible, user-friendly PHP/MySQL software platform. Its features include blogging, forums, wiki, groups, images and video sharing, privacy control, etc. You can even customize your site using its different plugins and themes.</p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots"/><h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Google Calendar Clone Script</strong></h3><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><img src="http://blog.visibledev.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/JQuery-Plugins-free-web-resources.png" alt="wdCalendar" class="wp-image-7527"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Image credit: wdCalendar</figcaption></figure></div><p><strong><a href="http://www.web-delicious.com/jquery-plugins/#calendar" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">wdCalendar</a></strong> &#8211; A JQuery-based Google Calendar clone. You can set the calendar to daily/weekly/monthly views. Its interface makes use of AJAX to provide a responsive interface with drag-and-drop functionalities.</p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots"/><h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>StakeOverflow / Yahoo Answers Clone Scripts</strong></h3><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><img src="http://blog.visibledev.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Question2Answer-Free-Open-Source.png" alt="Question2Answer" class="wp-image-7528"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Image credit: Question2Answer</figcaption></figure></div><p><strong><a href="http://www.question2answer.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Question2Answer</a></strong> &#8211; This is a free and open-source PHP and MySQL based platform for communities similar to StackOverflow or Yahoo Answers. It is easy to install. Question2Asnwer includes various community engagement tools like commenting, voting, email notification, user points and rankings.</p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots"/><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><img src="http://blog.visibledev.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Coordino-Home-A-FREE-PHP-StackOverflow-Clone-450x147.png" alt="Coordino " class="wp-image-7529"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Image credit: Coordino</figcaption></figure></div><p><strong><a href="http://coordino.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Coordino</a> </strong>&#8211; A PHP/MySQL open-source platform to provide a feature-rich question and answer system. You can even use it to create a niche question and answer site or as a knowledge base solution for your Intranet. Some of the features include user rewards, tagging, site administration, and remote authentication.</p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots"/><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><img src="http://blog.visibledev.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/OSQA-The-Open-Source-Q-A-System-450x145.png" alt="OSQA" class="wp-image-7530"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Image credit: OSQA</figcaption></figure></div><p><strong><a href="http://www.osqa.net/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">OSQA</a> </strong>&#8211; This is a free open source Q&;A system written in Python and uses the Django application framework. It includes some decent features which make it different from others. For instance, your members can follow other people and topics and exchange private messages. It has a sleek and usable interface.</p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots"/><h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Photobucket / ImageShack Clone Scripts</strong></h3><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><img src="http://blog.visibledev.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Chevereto-›-Outstanding-Image-Hosting-Script-450x165.png" alt="Cheverato" class="wp-image-7531"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Image credit: Cheverato</figcaption></figure></div><p><strong><a href="http://chevereto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Cheverato</a> </strong>&#8211; This is a free script written in PHP that lets you set up your own image hosting on your web server. It supports image upload either from your local computer or from a remote URL. Uploaded images can be set to automatically resize or even you can set it to shorten the image URL using the TinyURL web service.</p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots"/><h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Dropbox Clone Script</strong></h3><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><img src="http://blog.visibledev.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/SparkleShare-Sharing-work-made-easy-450x214.png" alt="Sparkle Share " class="wp-image-7533"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Image credit: Sparkle Share</figcaption></figure></div><p><strong><a href="http://sparkleshare.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sparkle Share</a> </strong>&#8211; This is a free open source collaboration and sharing tool that allows you to store files on your hosting account and share them with others. All documents are synchronized. Each time whenever someone made a change, you will be notified via its desktop client.</p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots"/><h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>TinyURL Clone Scripts</strong></h3><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><img src="http://blog.visibledev.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/YOURLS-Your-Own-URL-Shortener-450x157.png" alt="YOURLS " class="wp-image-7534"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Image credit: YOURLS</figcaption></figure></div><p><strong><a href="http://yourls.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">YOURLS</a> </strong>&#8211; This is a small set of PHP scripts that allows you to run your own URL shortening service. You can either make it private or public, or you can even pick custom keyword URLs. It also includes great analytics like historical click reports, referrals tracking, and visitors’ geo-location.</p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots"/><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><img src="http://blog.visibledev.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/lilURL-A-Free-Open-Source-Clone-of-TinyURL-450x195.png" alt="lilURL" class="wp-image-7535"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Image credit: lilURL</figcaption></figure></div><p><strong><a href="http://lilurl.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">lilURL</a> </strong>&#8211; This is a simple PHP/ MySQL script for generating short URLs. You can run it on your own server.</p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots"/><h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>PopURLs Clone Script</strong></h3><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><img src="http://blog.visibledev.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/SimplePie-Documentation-NewsBlocks-Demo-2.0-450x146.png" alt="NewsBlock" class="wp-image-7536"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Image credit: simplepie</figcaption></figure></div><p><strong><a href="http://simplepie.org/wiki/tutorial/how_to_replicate_popurls" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NewsBlock</a> </strong>&#8211; This is a free PHP script that allows you to replicate functionalities of PopURLs.</p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots"/><h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Del.icio.us Clone Script</strong></h3><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><img src="http://blog.visibledev.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/GetBoo.com-SourceForge-450x187.png" alt="GetBoo" class="wp-image-7537"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Image credit: GetBoo</figcaption></figure></div><p><strong><a href="http://www.getboo.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">GetBoo</a> </strong>&#8211; This is a PHP-based clone with a decent bookmarking system that can support both social and private bookmarks. It allows its users to import and export their bookmarks from their browsers. The admin console includes spam protection, transaction, bookmarks, RSS feeds, and more.</p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide"/><p>In conclusion, open-source clone scripts provide an accessible and powerful way for businesses to quickly create their own technology products. The plethora of options available make it easy to find a script that meets both budget and desired feature requirements. Open-source clone scripts come with the added benefit of freedom to modify the code while saving time and effort. Despite their low cost, these scripts are often just as secure as more expensive software alternatives.</p>
20 Most Popular Websites on Internet with Open-Source Clone Scripts
